“Living With Mystery”

Living With Mystery Mark 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, 12 so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”

Living With Mystery Mark 4:11-12 (NLT) 11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders, 12 so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: 'When they see what I do, they will learn nothing. When they hear what I say, they will not understand. Otherwise, they will turn to me and be forgiven.’

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 (NKJV) 6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 (NKJV) 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 (NKJV) 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

1. God and His kingdom is a mystery to the natural man and the culture. mystērion Mystery – mystērion - hidden thing, secret, to shut the mouth What you do not know! What you do not see! What you do not understand! All of us are living with mystery!

2. God’s desire is for us to search out the mysteries. Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. (NIV) It is God's privilege to conceal things and the king's privilege to discover them. (NLT)

2. God’s desire is for us to search out the mysteries. Slaves have no privilege to search it out God hides it for you, not from you Search/ Seek/ Pursue

... search out the mysteries Romans 11:25a (NKJV) For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

... search out the mysteries We often have a problem with people who have a revelation we do not have Sometimes we need to be careful how quick we discredit others

3. God reveals mysteries to us by Holy Spirit! 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

3. God reveals mysteries to us by Holy Spirit! Ephesians 1:9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, Ephesians 3:3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery

REVELATION Ephesians 3:9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; Colosslans 1:26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints

REVELATION Colossians 1:27a To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery. Mark 4:11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,

REVELATION REVELATION – to pull back the veil to be able to see what was hidden or a mystery But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit: 1.Holy Spirit 2.My spirit 3.Heart (passions) 4.Mind (soul) 5.Life (changed)

REVELATION 1.Revelation is, by nature, usually contrary to natural wisdom, and culturally congruent. … Too smart for revelation Why is it often the least educated have greater spiritual revelation? It makes me uncomfortable... yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

REVELATION 2.Revelation is not primarily a theological argument! John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me” (NAS) "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!” (NLT)

REVELATION 3.Revelation comes most often by pursuit! Ephesians 3:3-4 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ The Word, Prayer, Worship, Prophecy, Preaching, Teaching, Fellowship, Doing

REVELATION 4.Revelation comes primarily from relationship! People know by relationship “The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Revelation comes primarily from relationship! Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ the son”

REVELATION Ephesians 1:17-18 (NKJV) 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints

Praying Ephesians 1:15-18 For this reason, ever since I heard about Grace Chapel’s faith in the Lord Jesus and Grace Chapel’s love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for Grace Chapel, remembering Grace Chapel in my prayers.

Praying Ephesians 1:15-18 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give Grace Chapel the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that Grace Chapel may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of Grace Chapel's heart may be enlightened in order that Grace Chapel may know the hope to which he has called them, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.